Tenenet, alts. Tjenenet, Zenenet, Tanenet, Tenenit,
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History
In 1984 a committee was charged with the task to develop a uniform system for the encoding of hier ...
transliteration ''Tnn.t'', was an
ancient Egyptian goddess of
childbirth
Childbirth, also known as labour and delivery, is the ending of pregnancy where one or more babies exits the internal environment of the mother via vaginal delivery or caesarean section. In 2019, there were about 140.11 million births glob ...
. She is mentioned in texts dating from the Ptolemaic period as well as in the
Book of the Dead.
Associations with childbirth and beer
Tenenet was associated with childbirth and was invoked as the protector of the uterus for pregnant women.
Worship
Her cult centre was at
Hermonthis
Armant ( ar, أرْمَنْت; egy, jwn.w-n-mnṯ.w or ''jwn.w-šmꜥ.w''; Bohairic: ; Sahidic: ), also known as Hermonthis ( grc, Ἕρμωνθις), is a town located about south of Thebes. It was an important Middle Kingdom town, which was ...
. She was a consort of
Monthu. She was later merged with
Raet-Tawy,
Isis
Isis (; ''Ēse''; ; Meroitic: ''Wos'' 'a''or ''Wusa''; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎, romanized: ʾs) was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kin ...
and
Iunit
Iunit was a minor goddess in ancient Egyptian religion, whose name means "She of Armant". She is the consort of Montu
Montu was a falcon-god of war in ancient Egyptian religion, an embodiment of the conquering vitality of the pharaoh.Hart, Ge ...
.
[W. Max Muller, ''Egyptian Mythology'', Kessinger Publishing 2004, , p.150]
References
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Egyptian goddesses
Childhood goddesses
Alcohol goddesses
Deities of wine and beer
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